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Intellectual Property

Jun. 15, 2012

Threading the needle: divided infringement and patentable subject matter

Drafting claims to avoid divided infringement can raise questions about the patentability of your subject matter. By Michelle Lee and Michael Shuster of Fenwick & West LLP


By Michelle Lee and Michael Shuster


Personalized medicine is an emerging approach to medical practice that carries the promise of effective, individualized treatment. Investment required to bring these life-saving innovations to market are traditionally secured through appropriate patent protection. Recently, this has become challenging due to patent law developments in the areas of divided infringement and patentable subject matter.


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